Yahoo Finance Did You Miss Oxford Biomedica's (LON:OXB) Whopping 546% Share Price Gain?
Long term investing can be life changing when you buy and hold the truly great businesses. And we've seen some truly amazing gains over the years. Just think about the savvy investors who held Oxford Biomedica plc (LON:OXB) shares for the last five years, while they gained 546%. This just goes to show the value creation that some businesses can achieve. Also pleasing for shareholders was the 25% gain in the last three months.
We love happy stories like this one. The company should be really proud of that performance!
See our latest analysis for Oxford Biomedica
Oxford Biomedica isn't currently profitable, so most analysts would look to revenue growth to get an idea of how fast the underlying business is growing. Shareholders of unprofitable companies usually expect strong revenue growth. That's because it's hard to be confident a company will be sustainable if revenue growth is negligible, and it never makes a profit.
For the last half decade, Oxford Biomedica can boast revenue growth at a rate of 27% per year. Even measured against other revenue-focussed companies, that's a good result. Arguably, this is well and truly reflected in the strong share price gain of 45%(per year) over the same period. It's never too late to start following a top notch stock like Oxford Biomedica, since some long term winners go on winning for decades. So we'd recommend you take a closer look at this one, but keep in mind the market seems optimistic.
The image below shows how earnings and revenue have tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail).
Take a more thorough look at Oxford Biomedica's financial health with this free report on its balance sheet.
A Different Perspective
It's nice to see that Oxford Biomedica shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 56% over the last year. Since the one-year TSR is better than the five-year TSR (the latter coming in at 45% per year), it would seem that the stock's performance has improved in recent times. Someone with an optimistic perspective could view the recent improvement in TSR as indicating that the business itself is getting better with time. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Oxford Biomedica better, we need to consider many other factors. Take risks, for example - Oxford Biomedica has 1 warning sign we think you should be aware of.
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Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on GB exchanges.
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